diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bd56d5..d64d4df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 PYTHON := $(shell python -c 'import platform;print(platform.python_version().split(".")[0])')
-PYTHON2 := $(shell if which python2 &>/dev/null;then which python2; elif [ "$(PYTHON)" == 2 ]; then which python; fi)
 PYTHON3 := $(shell if which python3 &>/dev/null;then which python3; elif [ "$(PYTHON)" == 3 ]; then which python; fi)
 
 all: build
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: clean
 
 check:
-	if [ -x "$(PYTHON2)" ]; then $(PYTHON2) -m unittest varlink;fi
 	if [ -x "$(PYTHON3)" ]; then $(PYTHON3) -m unittest varlink;fi
 .PHONY: check
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca5dd32..763fb96 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ commands = [
 
 [tool.tox.env.mypy]
 description = "Run type checking tool mypy"
-# pytest-stub required for type hints to be available
-deps = ["mypy", "pytest-stub"]
+deps = ["mypy", "pytest<9.0.0"]
 commands = [
     ["mypy", "--version"],
     ["mypy", "{posargs:varlink}"]